For most of us, life at home has been a new combination of comfort and restriction – an almost two-month test of our patience with the environments we’ve cultivated most. For others, though, that comfort level has been slightly lower, with the phrase stay-at-home providing ironic contrast in our new, COVID-19 world.
Such is the case for two of the Portland Timbers’ high-profile winter acquisitions. Six months ago, both Jaroslaw Niezgoda and Dario Zuparic were playing for clubs in their home countries: Niezgoda at Legia Warsaw in Poland; Zuparic for Rijeka in Croatia. This offseason, each took advantage of the transfer window to make the biggest moves of their careers.